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THR Sarak - There's Life After a Hip Replacement

@SaraK
I'm laughing and thinking that @ 10 days post op I think you've had more fun in the last 4 days than I've had all month! You Go Girl!
Happy to hear you recovered from yesterday. Hope you have fun tonight.....I'm quite sure you will :loveshwr:
Interesting about your dad, I'll bet he had stories....
 
My dad didn't tell too many of his stories around my sister and I - obviously too delicate of flowers (little did he know). :heehee: I have heard a few, though. While he could be gentle with us, he was that mean old sargeant to those under him. Apparently also got busted down for fighting a few times in his you and was given the nickname of Max (for Maximilian Schmelling - former boxer) as a result.

I'm not sure I'd classify going back to work as fun and I'm still not feeling quite as well as I did yesterday morning, but I didn't have to break out the walker today which I was seriously considering last night. Brought a different ice contraption to work with me today and trying to remember to stretch out more.
 
Hope your plan for today worked. Enjoy your evening.
 
@MammaT - thanks for asking! :flwrysmile:

Feeling better than yesterday at this time but really wishing I could go home and take a nap! I have to wait for others to weigh in on some documents first, though.
 
Aww, @SaraK
You need a relaxing night in with some ice and elevation maybe?
And lots of sleep. It's only 3 more sleeps til the weekend :happyfeet:
 
And 5:45 and STILL HERE! I do at least have my ice fanny pack in place. Just doesn't work as well here because more layers of cloth! I also have a few things planned that will most likely draw a scolding or two! But me just gotta be me!
 
Wild woman! How do we tame you?
I hope you get a a good nights sleep and actually only work
"part time" tomorrow :friends:
@SaraK
 
In case you were worried, I am still alive! I'm finally home and it's only 10:30! I'm exhausted and, yes, I hope tomorrow is a little tamer. What I wanted most mid-afternoon was a nap. I ended up working until 6:30 (by the time I was there until 6:00, I might as well stay another 1/2 hour because I could just go to the dinner from there. I met some interesting people and had a good conversation at the restaurant but there were about 15 of us and, even though they knew we were coming and we were the only patrons, we overwhelmed the small restaurant. After 2 hours and only having received a mug of hot tea and all but 3 of us had finished or almost finished eating but we kept being told our food was coming (I was even told at one point that our food was cooked but the still needed to plate it with the right sides, I decided I'd just catch McDonald's on the way to the gym.

Even with working longer hours, I felt better tonight than last night but still hit the gym to get some time in on the cycle to loosen the joint up some. I tried to be more conscious today of how my leg was positioned at the desk and wore my fanny pack ice bag around with me almost everywhere - including at the restaurant and while on the cycle. Some people might say that I used the cane today, but I prefer to look at it as exercising my left arm - it has definitely gotten stronger in the last week and a half. Maybe the next time my trainer has me doing push ups it won't be weaker than the right arm anymore!
 
Hi @SaraK
I know you're wise enough to fully understand the dangers in overdoing it. I also know this isn't your first rodeo.
I'm just amazed at your progression! It's unfathomable to me compared to my recovery....
I don't fully understand Super Path but I feel it has to be way less invasive because I can't even imagine
doing all you've done in the past 4 days...at only 10 days post op!

I hope you get the rest you need and deserve and that excessive demands aren't placed on you at work.
Wishing you a night of sound restorative sleep. Like OUT COLD sleep :heehee:
 
I think you should skip the gym after long days...just me being the resident worry wart. It might feel like your loosening tight muscles or whatever but going back to work this early...two weeks out, super path not withstanding, your legs have had alot of trauma and need alot of babying if you must be back at work.
It only hurts when we stop.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!
You are so supportive to all on this forum...just being honest because I care.
Don't want to see you have a chronic issue after such a remarkable start for recovery.
Don't shoot the messenger! All said with love, sweet Sara:loveshwr:
 
Hope today is a little less busy and not as long for you @SaraK. I agree with mojo333. Superpath sounds amazing but two major surgeries in less than a year does impact out bodies.
 
OK, not what you might think - @danabanana get your mind out of the gutter. :heehee: Don't worry, you're still leading the league in that department as far as I know! Last night was the last night with the compression cuffs. Doc's office said they didn't think I should even consider keeping them for my trip on 12/23. Since I'll no longer feel like I'm wired up like the space shuttle, tonight I get to try sleeping in a real bed :yahoo:- if I can remember what that is. For the last few months, it's just been a repository for items and used to sort dirty clothes for my son to take downstairs to the laundry.

I'm a side sleeper (both sides) and tend to be an active sleeper and remember feeling like I'd gotten a workout just turning over at various times during the night when I went through this a few months ago. I'm sure it will also be the reverse of the process that landed me in the recliner a few months ago - I'll start in the bed and at sometime have had enough and move the recliner but hopefully spending more and more time in the bed until that delicious night that I'll awake in the morning (or preferably afternoon) realizing that I've spent the entire night in the bed. That won't be tonight, but you have to start somewhere. Hopefully I'll also be able to sleep on the newly operated side without any problems. It hasn't been painful when I've rolled over on it during PT or exercises so you'd think it would be ok for sleeping. Only drawback is that it will be more difficult to use ice during the night.

Yes, I will try to take it easier today. I have a couple of projects I need to get done but nothing with the same sort of intensity/time sensitivity as yesterday.

On the cycling, @Mojo333, it really does help. I'm not using any resistance and not trying to set any speed records. My pain level is lower afterwards and I can walk much more easily. Having the motion without any weight seems to be the difference.
 
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Hahaha @SaraK you already know me so well! So with that settled....inquiring minds must know.....was bed as blissful as you can recall it used to be? Was it better than expected? Did it satisfy your longing? But most importantly, did it last the whole night through??? :heehee:
 
@danabanana - yes, inquiring minds want to know, but my powers of foretelling the future are currently on the fritz (maybe the anesthetics took that when they took away my short term memory capabilities)! Literally, tonight's the night. I still had to use the compression cuffs last night but very quickly threw them away and shipped the machine back this morning.

Now, I think I'm going to pack up and leave the office before anyone else can find me. Taking some work home, but it's the type I can do stretched out in my recliner.
 
Hi. Been reading your remarkable recovery. I’m writing from the USA so you’re probably in bed. I completely understand about those compression hoses. Here’s a hint for when you f get into your bed. Don’t install yourself under the covers that are neatly tucked in. It’s hard to turn and you fight the covers. Get a warm blanket (not heavy) and sleep on top of the covers for awhile. At least, that helped me. I kept tossing around so I took a TylynolPM last night (for sleep not pain). Wow. Slept like the dead. Also, I found that sleeping in nylon pjs made it easier to roll over. Like you, I’ve had an easy recovery. Nothing hurts pbtG! Went to church and out to breakfast on day 10. I’m retired so no need to go to work. Yay. I had an anterior approach. I’ve read about SurePath. Interesting. No Hana table. Wow! How big is your incision? You should be an advertisement for Dr. Chin. You go girl (but not too much) jane
 
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